S.L. 327.177 Art. 3Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Education Act;

"an academic year" means two semesters, each incorporating fourteen weeks of teaching, two weeks of recess, and examination periods of two weeks and of four weeks at the end of the first and the second semester respectively. An academic year may be extended by a summer semester; "arts based programmes" means such programmes classified as "arts based programmes" on the University’s website; "business related programmes" means such programmes classified as "business related programmes" on the University’s website;

"day programme" means a programme for the purposes of which more than fifty percent of the teaching is delivered between 08.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs; "Doctoral programme" means a programme leading to a Ph.D, D.Mus, S.Th.D or to any other Doctorate. For the purposes of these regulations, "Doctoral programme" excludes any reference to programmes leading to a "Doctor of Medicine and Surgery" or "Doctor of Laws" qualification; "ECTS credits" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Schedule 2 of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards; "EU / EEA students" includes any person having equal access to education in Malta in terms of regulation 3A; "evening programme" means a programme for the purposes of which teaching is delivered predominantly after 16.00 hrs; "an individual study-unit" means a unit of study normally assigned a minimum of four ECTS credits at undergraduate level and five ECTS credits at postgraduate level;

"Malta Qualifications Framework" has the same meaning assigned to it by article 63 of the Act;

"Non-EU / EEA students" includes any person not having equal access to education in Malta in terms of regulation 3A;

"programme" shall have the meaning assigned to it in article 63 of the Act;

"programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Master’s Degree" in the context of "taught postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma, or Master’s Degree" means as follows:

(a) programmes leading to a Certificate: all programmes leading to a postgraduate certificate;

(b) programmes leading to a Diploma: all programmes leading to a postgraduate diploma;

(c) programmes leading to a Master’s Degree: all programmes leading to a master’s degree and comprising between 90 and 120 ECTS credits whereby the minimum number of ECTS credits assigned to taught study-units amounts to 60;

"research postgraduate programmes leading to a Master’s Degree" comprise between 90 and 120 ECTS credits whereby the minimum number of ECTS credits assigned to research amounts to 60; "science based programmes" means such programmes classified as "science based programmes" on the University’s website; "the University" tmeans the University of Malta established under the Act.